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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1054 AM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM...
* UNTIL 100 PM EDT.
* AT 1054 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 16 NM SOUTHEAST OF R2 TOWER, MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO 34 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
R2 TOWER, TUG DELTA DIAMOND, TUG SENASQUA, SAYLER BARGE, DREDGE
HENRY, LATEX BARGE AND HONEY BARGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3130 8093 3140 8086 3156 8081 3161 8078
3172 8064 3188 8052 3158 7988 3146 7995
3143 8003 3124 8017 3119 8023 3111 8028
3124 8094
TIME...MOT...LOC 1454Z 152DEG 17KT 3128 8029
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...34 KTS
CPM
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